The Statler Will Open Six New Restaurants Downtown Under Chef Graham Dodds

The epic redo of The Statler hotel and residences is almost complete. The landmark hotel redevelopment is set to open before the end of the year. It’s been dark for 16 years. The new Statler will feature a luxury boutique hotel with 159 rooms and 219 upscale residences. The dazzling building will also offer “boutique retail, meeting spaces, and a multi-purpose events and concert venue.” And six dining options.

Epic F&B, a partnership between two Dallas-based companies, Turn The Tables Hospitality and Plan B Group, Inc., will manage and operate the 58,000 square feet of food and beverage space. Turn the Tables Hospitality, owned by restaurant Chris Zielke and Christopher Jeffers, is the group behind Bolsa, Bolsa Mercado, The Foundry, Chicken Scratch, The Theodore, Smoke, Smoke Plano and Bar Belmont. Epic F&B partner, Todd Conger, former CEO of Uncle Julio’s and Operations Chief for Turn The Tables Hospitality, will lead day-to-day operations at The Statler.

Chef Graham Dodds will be the culinary director at The Statler. (Photo by Kim Duffy)

The chef and culinary director at the top of the powerful-person pyramid is Graham Dodds. Yes, the same Graham Dodds who opened Bolsa and the dearly departed Wayward Sons. Here’s a quick look at their massively industrious project.